Porn Sites gett heir own domain, .XXX

[Billy.]

hahaha nuts

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/06/25/xxx.domain/index.html?eref=igoogle_cnn

It's a big day for the porn industry.

On Friday, ICANN, the not-for-profit corporation that coordinates the internet's naming system, voted to allow the application of the controversial ".xxx" top-level domain name for sites that display adult content.

The domain, which would need further approval before going live on the internet, would be applied to adult entertainment sites just as ".com" is now.

The .xxx internet suffix, which was first proposed six years ago by ICM Registry, a group that sells domain names, "will provide a place online for adult entertainment providers and their service providers who want to be part of our voluntary self regulatory community," according to that company's news release.

Adopting .xxx will be optional. However, some tech blogs speculate a push to make the domain mandatory for adult-only sites.

ICM Registry has already taken 110,000 pre-reservations for the domain, which could be available in early 2011, if not sooner, its news release states.

While the company says labeling adult content online "will allow for simple and effective filtering for those who wish to do so," not everyone is pleased with ICANN's decision to approve the domain.

Some people involved in the industry are hesitant to accept the domain, "fearing it will lead to censorship, as it would be very easy to block the entire domain instead of individual sites," Rick Johnson of Portfolio.com wrote Thursday.

On the other hand, "some religious groups are against the creation of the domain, as it would lend more legitimacy to the adult entertainment industry," he wrote.

What do you think of the ".xxx" top-level domain? Is it necessary? Let us know with comments on this post.

 

[Aaron.]

wow, pretty cool i guess

 

[JohnS.]

I think it's definitely a huge plus. Now kids or other people can't accidentally go to some www.____.com to see it's a porn site. Having to enter www.____.xxx will make it safer to surf the web.

 

[Jeegz]

Pretty sweet deal to help keep kids off those site. Boo-urns cuz my wife will know what im really looking at!

 

[Shaaaft]

Haha any penguin fans? It will stop jokes like PENisland.com from happening... incase you guys don't know that one PENISland.com is the same thing... people will fall for it all day.

 

[AllStockHatch]

I think it's definitely a huge plus. Now kids or other people can't accidentally go to some www.____.com to see it's a porn site. Having to enter www.____.xxx will make it safer to surf the web.

 

[buzzbombtom]

john, not likely as most sites are registered at 2 domains anyways... .net and .com swap all the time. and redirect to the primary page.

 

[WalkingComplex]

I dont see how this is gona stop kids from going to these sites, all they gota do is type in www.______.xxx. not that hard.

 

[NIKE H34D]

I dont see how this is gona stop kids from going to these sites, all they gota do is type in www.______.xxx. not that hard.

I think what he means is accidental finds.

I remember the first xxx site I seen was when I was bored one day, I decided to try my name [Jason].com than tried my sister's.... and boom pronz came up haha.

 

[vjf915]

I think they just did it to make money Think about it, just like stated a lot of sites have double domain names, so that when .net/.com is typed in it will still redirect to the correct site. If they charge $10 per name, they have already made $1.1million.

 

[WalkingComplex]

ah that makes sense.

 

[NIKE H34D]

I think they just did it to make money Think about it, just like stated a lot of sites have double domain names, so that when .net/.com is typed in it will still redirect to the correct site. If they charge $10 per name, they have already made $1.1million.

Yeah definitely a great point. Forgot, its always about teh moneyz

 

[DOPEYBOY247]

when i type in wikipedia.com it redirects to .org

this is good news for schools, now they'll just have to block .xxx

i remember back in highschool i was in the school library researching American History so i typed in WhiteHouse.com or something like that and it was a porn site... Lmao

 

[DOPEYBOY247]

i dont know why they haven't done things like this sooner........

like, for example .. Google should invent Google.edu
- a rated PG-13 Search engine only for schools & libraries. everything is completely blocked, no semi-explicit images, no Myspace, no Facebook no Twitter.. etc....

last year when my internet was not working i had to do some research so i went to my local library but all the computers were occupied by kids watching Youtube videos and being on Facebook.
they should Block all of that! We pay taxes to have a local Public library wtf !

 

[Robin...]

Good idea...